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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Abbie Llewelyn

Assisted dying Bill contains ‘Trojan horse’ for upending NHS, says former chief

Lord Stevens is a former chief executive of NHS England (PA) - (PA Archive)

A former chief executive of the NHS has warned the assisted dying Bill contains a “Trojan horse clause” for fundamental change to the UK’s health service “by the back door”.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, as currently drafted, would establish a process within the NHS for people with six months or less to live to seek an assisted death.

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